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| caption = ''The terrifying iron dragon.'' |
| caption = ''The terrifying iron dragon.'' |
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| name = Iron dragon |
| name = Iron dragon |
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| + | | type4e = [[Metallic dragon]] |
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| + | | refs4e = <ref name="DMD-p33-34">{{Cite book/Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons|33-34}}</ref><ref name="DMD-p179">{{Cite book/Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons|179}}</ref><ref name="MM2-4e p83-85">{{Cite book/Monster Manual 2 4th edition|83-85}}</ref> |
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| + | adult|13|Adult|15|Mature adult|18|Old|20|Very old|21|Ancient|23|Wyrm|24|Great wyrm|26}} |
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| − | | location = Forests, hills<ref name="DMD-p33" /> |
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+ | | language = [[Draconic language|Draconic]]<ref name="DMD-p179" />[[Common]]<ref name="MM2-4e p83-85" /> |
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| − | '''Iron dragons''' were powerful and devastating [[dragon]]s.<ref name="DMD-p33" /> |
+ | '''Iron dragons''' were powerful and devastating [[dragon]]s that preferred to avoid combat depite there power.<ref name="DMD-p33-34" /><ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /><ref name="DMD-p179" /><ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> |
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| + | ==Physical description== |
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| + | Iron Dragons are known to be large and powerful, the greatest of the [[Ferrous]] dragons with Iron colored scales.<ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /><ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> When born the wyrmling has dark scales that turn brighter with age.<ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /><ref name="DMD-p179" /> Most Iron dragons would wonder the world seeking information leading to world dominace and so could take on any form.<ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /><ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> |
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| + | ==Breath weapon== |
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| + | Prior to the [[spellplague]] the Iron Dragon would have two breath weapons, a cloud of sleeping gas and a cone of super heated sparks<ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /><ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /> after that it turned to a lightning breath weapon.<ref name="MM2-4e p83-85" /> |
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| + | ==Lairs== |
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| + | Iron dragons sought large iron deposits deep in mountains or large hills to build their lairs prior to the Spellplague.<ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> Constructing tunnels and traps in there lair for enemies to stumble upon.<ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /> After that cataclysmic event they seamed to prefer dense forests or broken hills to aid its large form in ambushing prey.<ref name="MM2-4e p83-85" /><ref name="DMD-p33-34" /> |
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| + | ==Habitat== |
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| + | Iron dragons needed Iron for food and for reproduction, as such they needed large amounts of iron and horded it. This got them in to conflict with other creatures trying to mine the ore.<ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /><ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> After the spellplague they ambush hunted large game or intelligent humanoids depending on their alignment.<ref name="DMD-p33-34" /> |
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==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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| + | Seeking information about the world the Iron dragon would wander the world in the guise of humanoids. Iron dragons where the highest ranked and most powerful of the Ferrous dragons and would dwell in the same areas as [[Red dragon]]. This would lead to an extreme hate between the two dragon types, the Red considering the Iron inferior and the Iron in turn considering the red a stain on the reputation of Dragonkind.<ref name="Dragon356 - Ferrous Dragons" /><ref name="Dragon170 - The Dragon's Bestiary" /> |
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| − | Many of these monsters had an [[unaligned]] attitude to the rest of the world, but a small few acted with [[evil]] intent.<ref name="DMD-p33" /> |
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| + | This changed with the spellplague, as they then shared territory with the [[Green dragon]]s in the dense forests and hills. This rivalry for shared preferd territory saw the Iron dragons outwitted by the greens.<ref name="DMD-p33-34" /> |
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==Appendix== |
==Appendix== |
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===References=== |
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| − | * {{Cite book/Monster Manual 2 4th edition|83}} |
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Iron dragons were powerful and devastating dragons that preferred to avoid combat depite there power.[1][4][2][5]
Physical description
Iron Dragons are known to be large and powerful, the greatest of the Ferrous dragons with Iron colored scales.[4][5] When born the wyrmling has dark scales that turn brighter with age.[5][2] Most Iron dragons would wonder the world seeking information leading to world dominace and so could take on any form.[4][5]
Breath weapon
Prior to the spellplague the Iron Dragon would have two breath weapons, a cloud of sleeping gas and a cone of super heated sparks[5][4] after that it turned to a lightning breath weapon.[3]
Lairs
Iron dragons sought large iron deposits deep in mountains or large hills to build their lairs prior to the Spellplague.[5] Constructing tunnels and traps in there lair for enemies to stumble upon.[4] After that cataclysmic event they seamed to prefer dense forests or broken hills to aid its large form in ambushing prey.[3][1]
Habitat
Iron dragons needed Iron for food and for reproduction, as such they needed large amounts of iron and horded it. This got them in to conflict with other creatures trying to mine the ore.[4][5] After the spellplague they ambush hunted large game or intelligent humanoids depending on their alignment.[1]
Personality
Seeking information about the world the Iron dragon would wander the world in the guise of humanoids. Iron dragons where the highest ranked and most powerful of the Ferrous dragons and would dwell in the same areas as Red dragon. This would lead to an extreme hate between the two dragon types, the Red considering the Iron inferior and the Iron in turn considering the red a stain on the reputation of Dragonkind.[4][5] This changed with the spellplague, as they then shared territory with the Green dragons in the dense forests and hills. This rivalry for shared preferd territory saw the Iron dragons outwitted by the greens.[1]
Appendix
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Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richard Baker, et al. (November 2009). Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. Edited by Logan Bonner, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-7869-5248-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Richard Baker, et al. (November 2009). Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. Edited by Logan Bonner, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7869-5248-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rob Heinsoo, Stephen Schubert (May 19, 2009). Monster Manual 2 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 83–85. ISBN 0786995101.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Kevin Baase, Eric Jansing (June 2007). “Ferrous Dragons: The return of heavy metal―dragons”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #356 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), pp. 29–31.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Template:Cite dragon/170/The Dragon's Bestiary: Give your campaign some heavy metal--dragons that is
Connections
Chromatic dragons: Black • Blue • Brown • Gray • Green • Orange • Pink • Purple • Red • Salt • White • Yellow
Gem dragons: Amethyst • Beljuril • Crystal • Emerald • Obsidian • Sapphire • Topaz • Ruby
Neutral dragons: Amber • Jacinth • Moonstone • Pearl
Lung dragons: Chiang lung • Li lung • Lung wang • Pan lung • Shen lung • T'ien lung • Tun mi lung • Yu lung
Ferrous dragons: • Cobalt • Iron
Planar dragons: Adamantine • Astral • Battle • Blight • Chaos • Ethereal • Hellfire wyrm • Howling • Mirage • Oceanus • Pyroclastic • Radiant • Rust • Shadow • Styx • Tarterian
Spelljamming dragons: Moon/lunar • Radiant • Sun/solar
Epic dragons: Force • Prismatic • Time
Catastrophic dragons: Blizzard • Earthquake • Volcanic
Miscellaneous dragons: Cobra • Dzalmus • Mist • Rattelyr • Song • Vishap
Linnorms: Corpse tearer • Dread • Stygian
Drakes: Ambush • Black firedrake • Dragonne • Elemental (Earth • Fire • Ice • Magma • Ooze • Smoke • Water) • Felldrake (Crested • Spitting) • Greater • Guard • Mind • Portal • Rage • Space • Storm • Vulture
Dragonbloods: Draconic creature • Dragonborn of Bahamut • Dragonspawn
Drow-dragon (shadow) • Drow-dragon (deep) • Half-dragon • Kobold (Dragonwrought • Urd) • Weredragon • Zar'ithra • Zekyl
Hybrid monsters: Dracimera • Dracolisk • Mantidrake • Wyvern drake